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Investigation peace: a political-theoretical study of the role of education and power in establishing peace. Case-study: Europe after 1945. University of Antwerp

This project seeks to elucidate the meaning of peace. It is hypothesised that education and power are central concepts and practices for understanding the establishment and consolidation of peace. Support for this claim will be sought at three levels: political theory, international relations theory, and history. European peace and security will be our case-study.

What does peace have to do with it? Examining the creation and operationalisation of peace arrangements and their actors in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Ghent University

Koen Vlassenroot

Department of Conflict and Development Studies

Warfare and the nature of conflict have substantially changed over the last 40 years. Yet, the procedures and content of peace agreements have not evolved with this change. Traditional peace agreements do not take into account the full local and external context of the conflict and view themselves as a process that happens in parallel to conflict, instead of being intertwined with it. This research examines how peace arrangements in the ...

Peace and discipline. A study in political theory on peace education in international politics: the North-Atlantic region (1945-2007). University of Antwerp

Tom Sauer

Faculty Research SW, International Politics

This research project seeks to reflect on the meaning of peace, and on the role of peace education in bringing about international peace. We will suggest an understanding of peace as 'disciplined order' as opposed to its conventional definition (in IR theory) as the 'absence of war.' Inspiration is drawn from classical political theory, strands of which have highlighted the role of education in shaping virtuous citizens, and consequently in ...

The Relevance of Nonviolent Communication for Peacebuilding. Discussing the Impact of Marshall Rosenberg on the Catholic Social Teaching on Peace and War and Its Implications for Peace in Nigeria KU Leuven

Yves De Maeseneer

Research Unit of Theological and Comparative Ethics, Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies

The dissertation studies the nature, causes, and consequences of violent conflicts that have led to insecurity, loss of human life, property, and underdevelopment in Nigeria. Due to inadequate study of the problem, some view it as religious problems. Various models of peace approach such as: interreligious dialogues, and some forms of peace education are being used to respond to the situation, and they have proved insufficient. As a result, ...

Reintegrating Ex-Militants, Dividing Communities: The Post Amnesty Programme and Elusive Quest for Peace in Nigeria's Niger Delta KU Leuven

Arnim Langer

Leuven International and European Studies (LINES)

The reintegration of ex-militants is a major issue that emerged in the Niger Delta after the proclamation of an amnesty and implementation of a disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programme by the Nigerian government. Using a qualitative approach, the present research explored the dynamics of reintegration in communities, and sets out to understand the place of communities in the reintegration of ex-militants.

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On 'd'oorloghs wree Canonnen': Peeter Snayers (1592-1667) and the development of the topographical battle scene. The representation of war and peace within the artistic, political and socio-economic dynamics of 17th-century Brussels. KU Leuven

Katlijne Van der Stighelen

Art History, Leuven

In this doctoral thesis the topographical battle iconography in seventeenth-century painting was studied based on four research questions with regard to composition of this type of works, its relation to visual tradition, its truthfulness, function(s) and meaning(s). These questions were addressed by analysing an oeuvre that has never been studied systematically before, that of the Brussels battle scene painter Peter Snayers (1592-1667), one of ...

National angels, homefront warriors and wounded doves of peace. The rhetorical construction of female identity in women’s literary writings of the Great War in Italy (1914-1919) Ghent University

Mara Santi

Department of Literary Studies

When you think about war literature, the first things that cross your mind are the testimonies of soldiers who fought in the trenches. Yet, it might surprise you that WWI also marked a prolific period for female writing. Indeed, there are archives full of texts, impatiently waiting to be explored but overlooked by literary scholars. This is remarkable, since Italy developed a unique debate in 1914, when the country was not yet at war, ...

In Times of Peace, Prepare for War: Negative Interaction Between Political Actors outside and during Campaigns. University of Antwerp

Stefaan Walgrave

Media, Movements and Politics (M2P)

In recent years we have witnessed a significant rise in citizens' dissatisfaction with politics. One of the causes is the negativity between political actors, that has been shown to decrease participation in elections, lower political trust, and give rise to polarisation. Despite the fact that the effects of negativity in politics are well known, little is known about the occurrence of negativity—or even incivility—itself. Most studies focus ...

A journey from violent conflict to peace – Taking inclusive restorative justice models aboard. A focus on Colombia’s transitional justice framework KU Leuven

Stephan Parmentier

Leuven Institute of Criminology

The PhD project aims at providing an interdisciplinary investigation of inclusive restorative justice and its contributions to wider peace-making in transition contexts from violent conflict (or an oppressive regime) to peace (and rule of law-based democracy). Following the often referenced, yet under-researched rationale for the justice and peace nexus, the research will, on the one hand, consider the past, that is the disproportionate ...

The cultural practice of democratic peace University of Antwerp

Jorg Kustermans

International Politics

That democracies do not fight large scale wars among each other has largely become established as an empirical fact. It would also appear that their shared democratic nature is at least part of the reason why democracies do not engage in mutual war. Much less is known about just how a shared democratic nature leads to war avoidance and, more particularly, about just how democracies actively maintain – imagine and perform – peace among each ...

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